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SubjectRe: [RFT][PATCH 0/3] cpufreq / PM: QoS: Introduce frequency QoS and use it in cpufreq
On 16-10-19, 15:23, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Thanks for the spinning these patches so quickly.
>
> I did give it a spin, but unfortunately it doesn't fix the bug I reported.
> So I looked at my bug report in detail and looks like the cpufreq_driver
> variable is set to NULL at that point and it fails to dereference it
> while trying to execute:
> ret = cpufreq_driver->verify(new_policy);
> (Hint verify is at offset 0x1c/28)
>
> So I suspect some race as this platform with bL switcher tries to
> unregister and re-register the cpufreq driver during the boot.
>
> I need to spend more time on this as reverting the initial PM QoS patch
> to cpufreq.c makes the issue disappear.

Is this easily reproducible ? cpufreq_driver == NULL shouldn't be the case, it
get updated only once while registering/unregistering cpufreq drivers. That is
the last thing which can go wrong from my point of view :)

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viresh

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